Abstract: A resin composition comprises an EVOH (A) and a thermoplastic polymer (B) having at least one functional group selected from the group consisting of boronic acid group, borinic acid group and boron-containing groups convertible into boronic acid group or borinic acid group in the presence of water. The composition may further comprise a thermoplastic polymer (C) other than (A) or (B). The resin compositions thus obtained have good compatibility and give molded products having superior transparency and good mechanical properties.

Abstract: A process for treating a liquid crystal polymer film which includes the steps of: heating a film obtained by extrusion molding of a liquid crystal polymer, while contacting at least one surface of the film with a supporting body, to melt the polymer; cooling the melted polymer to form a solidified polymer layer; and separating the solidified polymer layer from the supporting body. The process readily provides liquid crystal polymer films having excellent resistance to intra-layer delamination and high tensile strength and elongation, as well as excellent resistance to abrasion, dimensional stability when heated, and resistance to folding.

Abstract: A driver circuit comprises a current mirror circuit including an output transistor, a load connected to a main electrode of the output transistor, and current supplying device for supplying a current to a control electrode of the output transistor. The output transistor controls a current flowing through the load.

Abstract: Provided are resin compositions comprising the following (A), (B), (C), which is at least one member selected from (C.sub.1) through (C.sub.3) and (D):(A): a polyolefin,(B): a saponified product of an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer having an ethylene content of 20 to 65 mol % and a saponification degree of vinyl acetate component of at least 96%,(C): (C.sub.1): at least one inorganic substance selected from titanium oxide, talc, calcium carbonate, mica and absorptive inorganic materials,(C.sub.2): at least one compound selected from the group consisting of metal salts of higher fatty acid having 8 to 22 carbon atoms, metal salts of ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid and hydrotalcite, and(C.sub.3): a polyolefin modified with an unsaturated carboxylic acid or derivatives thereof;and,(D): a saponified product of an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer having an ethylene content of 68 to 98 mol % and a saponification degree of vinyl acetate component of at least 20%.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a memory card apparatus. When one of blocks of a data area of an EEPROM is detected as a defective block, a save area is searched for a vacant block, and data, which is to be written to the defective block, is written to the vacant block of the data area. When the save area is occupied and one of blocks of the data area is detected as a defective block, the data area is searched for a vacant block, and data, which is to be written to the defective block, is written to the vacant block of the data area. When a block of the data area is used for saving the defective block and a vacant block is generated in the save area by erasing data, data of the block of the data area used for saving the defective block is transferred to the vacant block.

Abstract: A resin composition comprises an EVOH (A) and a thermoplastic polymer (B) having at least one functional group selected from the group consisting of boronic acid group, borinic acid group and boron-containing groups convertible into boronic acid group or borinic acid group in the presence of water. The composition may further comprise a thermoplastic polymer (C) other than (A) or (B). The resin compositions thus obtained have good compatibility and give molded products having superior transparency and good mechanical properties.

Abstract: A ten-phase and twenty-main pole hybrid stepping motor is driven by a five-phase driving pulse. The rotor has N and S pole tooth gears at ends of a rotor shaft. The stator has a cylindrical hollow body. Nos. 1-20 main poles extend from an inner wall of the hollow body toward the rotor shaft in a plane perpendicular to the rotor shaft so that the twenty main poles surround the N and S pole teeth in the plane perpendicular to the rotor shaft. Each main pole has a free end at which two stator teeth are formed. The stator teeth face the teeth of N and S pole teeth gears. A coil is wound around each main pole for excitation of the main pole. Nos. 1-10 main poles and Nos. 11-20 main poles face each other in the radial direction of the rotor respectively. An arbitrary main pole and a fifth next main pole always have a 90-degree relation. Positions of the teeth on Nos. 1-10 and Nos. 11-20 main poles are respectively determined by an expression with non-overlapping m being substituted:Pt.times.k+m.times..theta.

Abstract: Process for producing polyvinyl ester having a high degree of polymerization and an intrinsic viscosity of from 15 dl g.sup.-1 to 3.2 dl g.sup.-1, and a polyvinyl ester obtained thereby. The process comprises subjecting a vinyl ester monomer to emulsion polymerization using nonionic emulsifiers nonionic-anionic emulsifiers, or anionic emulsifiers and a redox initiator at a temperature of -60.degree. to 15.degree. C.

Abstract: Provided are resin compositions comprising the following (A), (B), (C), which is at least one member selected from (C.sub.1) through (C.sub.3), and (D):(A): a polyolefin,(B): a saponified product of an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer having an ethylene content of 20 to 65 mol % and a saponification degree of vinyl acetate component of at least 96%,(C):(C.sub.1): at least one inorganic substance selected from titanium oxide, talc, calcium carbonate, mica and absorptive inorganic materials,(C.sub.2): at least one compound selected from the group consisting of metal salts of higher fatty acid having 8 to 22 carbon atoms, metal salts of ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid and hydrotalcite, and(C.sub.3): a polyolefin modified with an unsaturated carboxylic acid or derivatives thereof;and,(D): a saponified product of an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer having an ethylene content of 68 to 98 mol % and a saponification degree of vinyl acetate-component of at least 20%.

Abstract: A synchronizer ring having a stabilized friction characteristic relative to a taper cone and having sufficient mechanical strength and anti-abrasion characteristic. The synchronizer ring is made from a ferrous sintered alloy containing 0.2 to 1.0% by weight of carbon, 8.0 to 15.0% by weight of copper, 0.1 to 7.0% by weight of at least one component selected from a group consisting of chromium, manganese, molybdenum, and phosphorus, and balance iron and inevitable impurities. A free copper is precipitated in a matrix of the sintered alloy. Porosity of the sintered alloy is from 3 to 8 vol %.

Abstract: A vinyl alcohol copolymer having a terminal amino group and comprising 1-90 mol % of vinyl alcohol units and 10-90 mol % vinyl monomers selected from the group consisting of olefins, acrylamides, methacrylamides, vinyl ethers, nitriles, vinyl halides, and vinylidene halides, said copolymer having at least one terminal amino group is useful for preparing resin compositions having good gas barrier properties.

Abstract: In order to reduce a change in reverse bias to a photodiode due to drift of a power supply caused by, e.g., noise, and to suppress generation of a wrong photoelectric current detection signal, a bias circuit includes a load element (4), a transistor (Q1) for receiving a current from the load element (4) at its collector, a transistor (Q2) constituting a current mirror circuit together with the transistor (Q1), a level shift circuit connected between the base of an output transistor (Q3) of the current mirror circuit and the collector of the transistor (Q1), and constituted by transistors (Q4-Q7) and load elements (R1-R4), and a photodiode (1) connected to a desired potential node of the level shift circuit.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a new process for producing polyvinyl ester having a high degree of polymerization having an intrinsic viscosity not less than 1.5 dl/g, preferably not less than 2.2 dl/g, and most preferably higher than 3.2 dl/g, said process comprising subjecting vinyl ester monomer to low-temperature emulsion polymerization under specific conditions.Disclosed also herein is a new process for producing polyvinyl alcohol having a high degree of polymerization having an intrinsic viscosity not less than 1.5 dl/g, preferably not less than 2.2 dl/g, and most preferably higher than 3.2 dl/g, said process comprising saponifying in the usual way the polyvinyl ester obtained by low-temperature emulsion polymerization under specific conditions.

Abstract: A construction having a damping device for damping vibration having steel wire cables 20 having both ends fixed on the sides of the building 10, the steel wire cables 20 are tautly and obliquely provided on the building 10 so that one side and the other side of the steel wire cables 20 cross at only one point in front view. Since the steel wire cables 20 do not exist in the horizontal direction, the length of the steel wire cables 20 is shorter as compared with the prior art. Accordingly, extension of the steel wire cables 20 decreases, the mechanism is simpler, and maintenance is also simplified.

Abstract: Provided are high-performance polyvinyl alcohol fibers having excellent resistances to hot water and dry heat as well as excellent strength and elastic modulus. The fibers are produced from a highly syndiotactic polyvinyl alcohol containing units from vinyl pivalate in an appropriate amount, which renders it possible to draw the highly crystalline fiber in a high drawing ratio of at least 16.

Abstract: A multilayered container comprising an intermediate layer of a resin composition (A) which comprises 50-95% by weight of a specific EVOH, and 50-5% by weight of an inorganic filler, and inner and outer layers of a moisture resistant thermoplastic resin (B), at least the body wall part of the container comprising multiplicity of regions in which substantially 2-dimensional thin layers of the inorganic filler extend parallel with the wall surface and laminated with each other, said layer of said resin composition (A) having a specific moisture permeability.The multilayered container can readily be prepared by thermoforming from the corresponding multilayered structure.

Abstract: Polymer blends comprising a copolymer (A) which comprises 50 to 98% by weight of units from methyl methacrylate, 2 to 50% by weight of units from an acrylate and/or methacrylate having a halogen-substituted aromatic ring, and 0 to 25% by weight of units from other copolymerizable .alpha.,.beta.-substituted monomer, and an aromatic polycarbonate (B).

Abstract: A ranging method for measuring the flight distance of a flight object is implemented by means of a simple system construction. The ranging method is also capable of continuing ranging even if an interruption occurs in data transmission. The ranging method comprises the steps of inserting ranging pulses in a telemeter signal transmitted from a transmitting apparatus provided on the flight object, separating and extracting a ranging pulse from a telemeter signal received by a receiving apparatus provided on the ground side, obtaining a time difference between the ranging pulse and a reference clock signal generated in the receiving apparatus on the basis of a time reference equal to that of the transmitting apparatus (clock signal periods t1 and t2 of both time references are equal), and calculating the flight distance.